Trawl door trials look promising.

Blood letting was for many years standard procedure - Robin Hood was bled to death according to legend - possibly inadvertently - not so with the turbot here - they are bled during the gutting process in order to prevent bruising of the flesh.......
a happy dray man delivers fresh supplies to the Swordfish......
while the road works continue to slow the flow past the fish market outside the Star Inn.....
spotted aboard the Imogen - what look to all intents and purposes appears to be a mid-water trawl door - but with a 'shoe' fitted - the shoe is the bottom part of a door that is in constant contact with the sea bed - skippers check the angle at which the door travels across the bottom from the scratches in the shoe's surface - as can be seen below.....
after only a few hauls skipper Roger Nowell is more than happy with the set of Thyborn dual-purpose trawl doors he is trialling - so far he has seen exhaust temperatures drop significantly and engine revs reduced - which means fuel and wear savings all round despite an apparent increase in trawl spread - the doors have detachable shoes which allow them to be used for both mid water and bottom trawling.......
compared to a traditional set of oval steel bottom trawl doors......
visiting scalloper, Azula in tier.